Eucithara novaehollandiae

Eucithara novaehollandiae
Apertural view of a shell of Eucithara novaehollandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Eucithara
Species: E. novaehollandiae
Binomial name
Eucithara novaehollandiae
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cythara guestieri S.M. Souverbie in S.M. Souverbie & R.P. Montrouzier, 1872
  • Eucithara anna F.P. Jousseaume, 1883
  • Eucithara crassilabrum (Reeve, 1846)
  • Mangelia anna Jousseaume, 1883
  • Mangelia crassilabrum Reeve, 1846
  • Mangelia novaehollandiae Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Mangilia (Cithara) guestieri (Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1872)
  • Mangilia reevei Tryon, 1884
  • Pleurotoma (Cithara) guestieri Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1872

Eucithara novaehollandiae is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 11 mm.

The shell is longitudinally plicately ribbed. The ribs cross the shoulder to the suture. The color of the shell is yellowish white or light brown, banded with pale chocolate, crossed with numerous obscure fine white lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Polynesia, Western Australia and Mozambique]].

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2009). Eucithara novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433747 on 2017-05-06
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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